A new collection of Gertrude Stein's most enrapturing and essential short writings, selected by Francesca Wade
'A Stein-shaped sentence is a very bespoke thing-you need an espresso martini to recover' Deborah Levy
Gertrude Stein considered her shorter writing to be the truest expression of her style. This collection presents a uniquely accessible introduction to an often-misunderstood writer.
Word portraits of close friends including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Juan Gris reveal a new dimension to their subjects. Moments of shimmering eroticism sparkle, gesturing towards Stein's decades-long relationship with Alice B. Toklas. Ordinary objects are reimagined, becoming charged with new vitality. Stein's writing relishes in rhythm, repetition, sound and colour, as her joyful, radical literary vision dances across the page.
Tender Buttons is a 1914 book by American writer Gertrude Stein consisting of three sections titled "Objects", "Food", and "Rooms". While the short book consists of multiple poems covering the everyday mundane, Stein's experimental use of language renders the poems unorthodox and...
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